Observational Skills - Use of Fine Art to Enhance Visual Diagnostic Skills
Findings
Table 1 Pre-Test and post-test percent correct (+ S.D.) and mean raw scores by group
| 1998-1999 | Pre-test
percent correct | Post-test
percent correct | Pre-test raw
score (out of 19) | Post-test raw score
(out of 19) |
| YBCA group
(n=30) | 52% (+13%) | 56% (+14%) | 10.0 (+0.46) | 10.9 (+0.48) |
Control group
| 46% (+09%) | 44% (+14%) | 8.9 (+0.30) | 8.5 (+0.34) |
| Lecture group
(n=30) | 46% (+14%) | 46% (+12%) | 9.0 (+0.51 | 8.8 (+0.42) |
| 1999-2000 | Pre-test
percent correct | Post-test
percent correct | Pre-test raw
score (out of 30) | Post-test raw score
(out of 30) |
| YBCA group
(n=51) | 48%
(+10%) | 57%
(+11%) | 14.5 (+2.42) | 16.94
(+2.49) |
| Control Group
(n=35) | 47%
(+10%) | 47%
(+09%) | 14.1
(+2.75) | 13.96
(+2.55) |
Table 2 Cumulative mean pre-test and post-test percentage correct by group
| All Years | Pre-test percent correct | Post-test percent correct | Significance |
| YCBA Group
(n=81) | 50% (+0.10) | 57% (+0.09) | p=0.0001 |
| Control Group
(n=65) | 47% (+0.10) | 46% (+0.11) | p=0.200 |
Figure 1: Mean raw score for each photograph from students receiving Set A as a pre-test in 1999-2000
Figure 1 shows the mean raw score of each photograh for the subjects assigned to the control and the YCBA groups who received Set A as the pre-test in 1999-2000. Photographs 1, 2, 3 were used as the pre-test and photographs 4, 5, 6 as the post-test. Figure 1 shows that subjects in the YCBA group improved in each one of the photographs representing their post-test score.
Figure 2: Mean raw score for each photograph from students receiving Set B as a pre-test in 1999-2000
Figure 2 shows the mean raw score of each photograh for the subjects assigned to the control and the YCBA groups who received Set B as the pre-test in 1999-2000. Photographs 4, 5, 6 were used as the pre-test and photographs 1, 2, 3 as the post-test. Figure 2 shows that subjects in the YCBA group improved in each one of the photographs representing their post-test score.
Figure 3: Percentage of subjects whose pre-test and post-test scores showed No Improvement, remained the Same or Improved by group assignment.
Figure 3 Improvement (I) between pre-test and post-tst scores defined as an increase in score of › +5%. Same (S) defined as a score difference › -5% and ‹ +5%. No Improvement (NI) defined as a score difference ‹ -5%. Figure 3 shows the percent I, S, NI for subjects assigned to the control and the YCBA groups in both years 1998-1999 and 1999-2000.
